Of least value? Interestingly, the small sample of people
who have responded ranked the bureau's Mounted Patrol Unit as of least value,
followed by school resource officers and traffic division officers.

Although traffic safety is often described as among
residents' top concerns, the low rank given to the traffic officers was
perplexing, Reiland said.

Charlie Wilhoite, chair of the Police Bureau's budget
advisory committee, said he suspects the low value given to traffic officers
resulted from people simply perturbed by getting traffic and speeding tickets.

And as for the low rank given to school resource
officers? Eighty-one percent of the
people who responded to the survey said they did not have children in the
city's public school system.